Dentist, Per Diem; Riverside

Community health is about more than just vaccines and checkups. It’s about giving people the resources they need to live their best lives. At Neighborhood, this is our vision: a community where everyone is healthy and happy. We’re with you every step of the way, with the care you need for each of life’s chapters. At Neighborhood, we are Better Together.

As a private, non-profit 501(C)(3) community health organization, we serve over 414,000 medical, dental, and behavioral health visits from more than 95,000 people annually. We do this in pursuit of our mission to improve the health and happiness of the communities we serve by providing quality care to all, regardless of situation or circumstance.

Since 1969, our employees have been making this mission a reality. Regardless of the role, our team focuses on being compassionate, having integrity, being professional, always collaborating, and consistently going above and beyond. If this sounds like an organization you would like to be a part of, we would love to meet you.

The Dentist works to support the mission and vision of Neighborhood Healthcare (NHC) by providing dental services to patients. This role will perform dental procedures and services to patients based on initial dental assessment and plans. In addition, this role will impart health education information and techniques to patients.

• Develop and implement individualized dental care plans for patients.
• Assess dental needs and refer patients to dental specialists or medical providers as needed, using medical staff protocols for referral, follow-up, and quality assurance.
• Provide comprehensive dental care, services, and preventive health education/techniques to patients in compliance with standard procedures.
• Perform dental procedures and services that are within the approved scope profile and/or scope of practice.
• Observe, assess, and record patients’ symptoms, reactions, and treatments progress.
• Prescribe medications and provide patients with pertinent medication instructions, as needed.

• Work with the dental team to facilitate prescription refills and paperwork completion.
• Provide dental backup to NHC dental sites and clinicians, as needed and available.
• Provide supervision, consultations, instructions to Dental Assistants and other health care delivery team members in NHC dental sites, as needed.
• Serve as preceptor to dental and paraprofessional students placed with NHC.

• Accept additional patients into the schedule, as needed.
• Accommodate patients with urgent dental needs, including walk-ins.
• Minimize rescheduling of patients; provide instructions if necessary.
• Complete and submit daily billing to reflect accurate coding and charges of all services rendered.
• Work with management on improving efficiency, patient flow, program development, and revenues.
• Maintain necessary credentialing, licensure, and continuing education requirements.
• Assist management with employee evaluations for the Dental PSRs or Dental Assistants, as needed.
• Participate in audits, peer reviews, patient satisfactions, protocol developments, meetings, and in‑servicing trainings.
• Contribute to the success of NHC by participating in quality improvement activities.
• Complete legible and legally defensible dental records.

• Doctorate degree in Dental Medicine (DMD) or Dental Surgery (DDS) required.
• Valid CA Dental License required.
• Valid DEA license and current CPR/AED certification required.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including superior composition, typing, and proofreading skills.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Knowledgeable about and experience with principles and practices of modern dentistry and oral surgery.
• Knowledgeable about and experience with dental terminology and dental science.
• Knowledgeable about and experience with theories, methods, and procedures for the prevention of dental diseases and the required corrective treatment.
• Knowledgeable of current principles,…